http://www.johnhendron.net/digest/2008/04/03/three-questions/ education technology Tue, 06 Jan 2009 20:09:30 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.5.1 http://www.johnhendron.net/digest/2008/04/03/three-questions/#comment-259 Charlie A. roy Fri, 04 Apr 2008 10:52:04 +0000 http://www.johnhendron.net/digest/2008/04/03/three-questions/#comment-259 <p>Your thoughts on changes that could be helpful are very insightful. The school where I am at uses the 8 carnegie 45 minute classes and a regular teacher load is 6 with 1 prep and the other period is lunch / homeroom. This puts a huge damper on planning time and causes most of the teachers to use the sage-on-the-stage workksheet to death teaching style. I often wonder what limiting the course load and switching to a block or trimester plan with longer periods would do.</p> Your thoughts on changes that could be helpful are very insightful. The school where I am at uses the 8 carnegie 45 minute classes and a regular teacher load is 6 with 1 prep and the other period is lunch / homeroom. This puts a huge damper on planning time and causes most of the teachers to use the sage-on-the-stage workksheet to death teaching style. I often wonder what limiting the course load and switching to a block or trimester plan with longer periods would do.

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